THE GUARDIAN: Children are developing diseases because adults light up in front of them
Children are contracting serious illnesses because of their parents smoking at home, says the government's chief medical officer, who has warned adults not to light up in front of their sons and daughters.
In an interview with The Observer, Sir Liam Donaldson, Britain's most senior doctor, pledged that there would be a further sustained crackdown on smoking after the ban comes into force in England next Sunday.
He promised renewed public health advertising campaigns to try to educate parents who smoke. 'We will strengthen and make regular the message to parents about the risks to their children of smoking. This is something we will need to constantly remind them about. Parents warned not to smoke at home (more) By Denis Cambell
Mark Alexander
